Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis
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Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Lepisiota |
Species: | L. frauenfeldi |
Subspecies: | L. frauenfeldi kantarensis |
Trinomial name | |
Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis (Forel, 1911) |
At a Glance | • Limited invasive |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Canary Islands.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kantarensis. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. kantarensis Forel, 1911d: 351 (w.) ALGERIA. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 227, Combination in Lepisiota)
- Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 351, worker described)
- Schifani, E., Gentile, V., Scupola, A., Espadaler, X. 2018. Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 50: 61-64.